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Topics in Year 7

Introduction to Science

Particles and the Periodic Table

Introduction to Energy Types and Sources

Earth in Space

Introduction to Forces

Separation and Purity

Cells and Reproduction

Acids and Alkalis

Ecology inc. Classification

Introduction to Science

Interactive timeline for medical discoveries which contains profiles of famous scientists.

Learn how to work safely in our science labs.

Can you make it through the liquid nitrogen, acid bath and raioactive lab in one piece. Learn about Health and Safety for scientists.

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Particles and the Periodic Table


Interactive Periodic Table.	Did you know - there is about 6 kg of gold per cubic kilometre of sea water. The oceans contain more than one billion cubic kilometres of water which means there is 6 million tonnes of gold in the Earth's oceans.
Even better periodic table with videos. Chemistry is fascinating!	Scibermonkey activities.

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Introduction to Energy Types and Sources

Scibermonkey activities.

Play energize and save us all!

Loads of activities here on the E-on website.

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Earth in Space

Build your own virtual planet, tour the solar system or complete some of the activity sheets on this brilliant site. (Produced by www.planetscience.com)
The history of telescopes website.

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Introduction to Forces


The physics of kung fu.	Follow this link to a website all about flight with details of how to build an incredible glider!
	Learn about distance-time graphs and football.
Scibermonkey activities.

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Separation and Purity


Scibermonkey activities.

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Cells and Reproduction


Scibermonkey activities for reproduction.
Scibermonkey activities for cells.

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Acids and Alkalis


Extension - interactive website with databases and stacks of info on different indicators.
Scibermonkey activities.

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Ecology

Website that looks at your habitat and some of the science behind it.

A short video about deep sea creatures, you'll be amazed by the adaptations of the octopus.

Scibermonkey activities.

Darwin in Space

To celebrate Darwin200 and the International Year of Astronomy, the British Science Association and “the Future is Wild™” are launching an imaginative nationwide school competition to explore what Darwin might have discovered if the Beagle had taken him, not to the Galapagos Islands, but to a new planet where life exists!

Click the image below for

more details.

Prizes

The best scientifically explained life form in each age group will win a Nintendo DS and game and a fantastic interactive 'The Future is Wild' education pack and game for their class.

Website that looks at your habitat and some of the science behind it.

A short video about deep sea creatures, you'll be amazed by the adaptations of the octopus.

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Make some masks (the Protists are good) and learn about the five kingdoms - a great website full of information.

Scibermonkey activities.

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Topics in Year 7

Introduction to Science

Particles and the Periodic Table

Introduction to Energy Types and Sources

Earth in Space

Introduction to Forces

Separation and Purity

Cells and Reproduction

Acids and Alkalis

Ecology inc. Classification

Introduction to Science

Interactive timeline for medical discoveries which contains profiles of famous scientists.

Learn how to work safely in our science labs.

Can you make it through the liquid nitrogen, acid bath and raioactive lab in one piece. Learn about Health and Safety for scientists.

Back to top

Particles and the Periodic Table


Interactive Periodic Table.	Did you know - there is about 6 kg of gold per cubic kilometre of sea water. The oceans contain more than one billion cubic kilometres of water which means there is 6 million tonnes of gold in the Earth's oceans.
Even better periodic table with videos. Chemistry is fascinating!	Scibermonkey activities.

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Introduction to Energy Types and Sources

Scibermonkey activities.

Play energize and save us all!

Loads of activities here on the E-on website.

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Light and the Eye

View a dissection of a cow's eye!.

Make one of these incredible optical illusions, just follow the instructions.

green_dragon blue_dragon red_dragon

See more illusions at http://www.grand-illusions.com

One of our Ishihara tests used to diagnose colour blindness by opticians and doctors.

Have a go at designing the lighting for a gig! ( Produced by www.planertscience .com )

Is it a bird?... Is it a plane?... No, it's...

Planet Super Powers!

Brought to you with a KA-BOOM! by Science Communicator Dr Elsa Ekevall, AKA her alter ego - Miz Ingenuity. Take it away, Miz!

	GOSH! I have a feeling someone is watching me but nobody is here. Hmm ... on the CCTV screen it looks like Supergirl is outside. UH OH! It's her nemesis Lesla-Lar... Exoskeletons and Vision Powers Lesla-Lar is a scientist who looks exactly like Supergirl. She invents a device that switches Supergirl's powers: strength, speed, invulnerability, flight, various extra sensory and vision powers to her. But did she really need to invent a switching machine? She could have designed an exoskeleton to make her invulnerable and give her superhuman strength, speed and stamina. Flight could even be possible with fold-away wings and a jet pack - if she can work out where to safely store all the fuel required! So what about extra sensory and vision powers? Let's leave the extra sensory bit to the psychics and focus on super vision. She should have gone to Specsavers and bought a pair of customised 'bionic glasses' that connect to a microchip in the retina. With the right cameras, transmitters and receivers built into her glasses she would be able to detect most of the electromagnetic spectrum and have telescopic and microscopic vision. Don't have the technology to make 'bionic glasses' why not make cat's eyes instead? Captain T Captain T (designed by pupils at Gracemount High School) was rebuilt from titanium and has 10 times the strength, speed and height of a normal human. His bionic eye has a heat sensor and telescopic vision. Gun fire bounces off his exoskeleton and his helmet contains a computer with a screen that pops over his eye. What about a 'bio-inspired' vision power? Bats do it, dolphins do it, even a rare Chinese frog does it and your first picture was probably taken using it. What is it? Ultrasound imaging or echolocation - using sound to view objects What other super powers could be 'bio-inspired'? Visit Planet Super Powers! to enter the competition and find out more about possible super powers. Thanks Elsa! See you next week.

From Planet Science newsletter, see http://www.planet-science.com/about_sy/index.html?page=/newsletters/planetscience/

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Keys and Classification

Make some masks (the Protists are good) and learn about the five kingdoms - a great website full of information.

Scibermonkey activities.

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Separation and Purity


Scibermonkey activities.

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Electricity


Interactive timeline - how was the electricity made when your grand parents were your age?	Did you know - a bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 160,000 pieces of bread. Unfortunately the bolt only takes 1/10,000 of a second – so turning the bread over might prove difficult.
	Interactive learning about electricity.
Scibermonkey activities.

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Acids and Alkalis


Extension - interactive website with databases and stacks of info on different indicators.
Scibermonkey activities.

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Introduction to Forces


The physics of kung fu.	Follow this link to a website all about flight with details of how to build an incredible glider!
	Learn about distance-time graphs and football.
Scibermonkey activities.

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Cells and Reproduction


Scibermonkey activities for reproduction.
Scibermonkey activities for cells.

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